Inking apparatus for printing-presses.



.PATRNTRDJ'UNR 12, 1906.

H.. P. RRGHMAN. INKING APPARATUS POR PRINTING PRESSES.

APPLICATION FILED .JUNE 17, 1905.

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iRpP. RRGRMAN INKING APPARATUS PoR PRINTING PRRSSRS.

APPLICATION `FILED JUNE 17, l1905.

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HENRY F. .BEOHMAN, OF BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN, ASSIUNOR TO DU PLEXPRINTING PRESS COMPANY, OF BATTLE CREEK,

MICHIGA N.

Specification of Letters Patent.

erneuten June 12, 1906.

Application tiled June 17,1905. Serial No. 265.720.

` To ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY F. BECHMAN, of Battle Creek, in the county ofCalhoun and State o f Michigan, have invented certain .new and usefulImprovements in Inking Aplparatus for rotary cylinder paratus forPrinting-Presses; and I herebydeclare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had t0 the'accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

This invention is an improved inking apprinting-presses; and its objectsare to enable. the distributingrollers to be thrown into or out ofoperative position at will andwhen thrown out of operative position tobe moved so far away K from their operative positions that they canthereof are form-rollers 1 and l,

- 4, whic the printing 'a vertical section on line. 4 4, Fig. 2.

be'washed without removing them from theirhearings; also, to have theform and coacting distri` uting rollers capable ofbeing similarlyshifted; further, to have the two sets of rollers so connected that bothsets are simultaneously shifted, the supports for onev set of rollersoperating the supports for the other set; also, to enable any or all ofthe rollers to be removedfrom or adjusted in the apparatus` without theoperator having to get into or under the machine, and to enable surfacesor ,plates to be attached to or detached from the cylinders withoutremoving any o f the inkingsrollers.

In the` accompanying drawings, Figure l is a partly-broken sideelevation of the complete inking apparatus. Fig. 2 is an end viethereof, and-Fig. 3 is a detail. Fig. 4 is A designates a rotary platecylinder of Aa rotary printing-machine, vsuitably jo'urnalcd in bearingson the main frame B, which may be of any suitable. construction. Belowthe axis of said cylinder and at the outer side which are adapted to su)ply ink, to the plates on the cylinder. Kofler l receives ink y from adistributingsdrum 2, journaled in the frame below cylinder A. Roller lreceives ink from the drum through-the intermediates v22i 2l the formerof which contacts with the drum. The several rollers 1 I 2 2 are mountedin suitable journals` or hangers ol' ordinary construction attached tobrackets are provided with tongues 4, engaging corresponding`guide-slots in the adjacent portions of the side frames, as shown 1nFigs. 2 and 3, so that by sliding brackets direetl t 4 the set ofrollers l la 2 2 can be moved to or from the cylinder A. Brackets 4 aregeared to the supports ofthe lower set of distributing-rollers, ashereinafter explained.

Below the drum 2 and adapted to contacttherewith and distribute inkthereon are the vibrating or distributing rollers 5 5 5, which aremounted in suitable bearings of ordinary construction attached toswinging brackets or hangers S, which are roughly segmental shaped andare suspended or swung from pivots 8, attached to the side frames aboveand exterior to the axis of the drum 2, so that if hangers h are swungoutward the rollers 5 5 5" will be swune' outward and away from theperiphery ol drum 2, the axis on which the rollers swing being ollgreat-er radius thanv the drum. 'l`he lower parts of hangers S aretoothed, as at 8l', and mesh with pinions Si on a shaft 9, journaled inthe frame below the hangers, and said shaft can be rotated by ahand-wheel or crank, (not. shown,) so as to swing the hangers and movethe rollers into or out of operative position.

.lnk is supplied to drum 2 by a ductor 6, which is mounted on arms ti,attachedto a' shaft 6, jouifnaled in the hangers 8, the ductor receivingink from a. supply-roll 7, journaled on the hangers S, as shown, and'adaptedto contact` with the roll l0 ol' an ink-fountain it), mounted inthe main frame below the hangers, as shown. .Roller 7 only contacts withthe fountain-roll lll when thc hangers are swung inward, and rolls.'"I'r 5" are in contact with drum 2.

When the hangers are in position, an arm (5" on shaft t3" engages with acam 6i", which is operated by suitable gearing ol any suitableconstruction, as indicated in dotted lines, Fig. l, so as to vibrateduclor 6 in proper time. between drum 2 and roller` 7; but whenthehangers S are swung outward the arm o" is moved away from the cam sothe duclor will be idle. lt. will be noted that the rollers 5, 5, 5",and 7 are all supported bodily on the hangers S and mov'e1here\\=itlr.Attached to the upper or pivot ends ol' the hangers S are gears S, whichmesh with pinions 4, engaging racks 4 on the under sides of slidingbraclwts 4, lConsequently when hangers S are swung outward to separatethe, rollers from drum 2 the braclut-slides 4 are simultaneously movedoutward to separate rollersl l from thel cylinder A. rlhe position ofthe parts when thus moved outward is clearly indicated by the dottedlines in Fig. 1.

Drum may be driven from the cylinder by means ot gears 2" A2 andintermediate 2d.

I do not, however, herein claim the partieular gearing for driving thedruin nor the ductor cam-shaft.

With the described arrangement of parts it will be seen that the twosets of' rollers (1 l 2 2l? and 5 W55" (i 7) ean be simultaneously movedinto or out ol operative position at one operation; also, t-liat all therollers, includiii f the duetor, can be thrown in and out of wor (ingpositions without affecting their relative adj ustn'ient g also, thatwhen thrown fully outward they ean be removed and replaced without goinginto-or uiidei' the press, and that in such position they can be wipedor cleaned without removing them from their bearings, and the printinglates or surl'aees can be put in or removed rom the maehine withoutremoving any ofthe rollers.

.The invention isobviouslynot restrieted to the specific numberandarrangement ol' rollers shown in thedrawings, t'or more or lessrollers may be mounted in the slides 4 or hangers 8, or both, accordingto the degree of distribution of ink desired.

Having thus deseribed my invent ion, what I claim, and desire to seeureby lietters Patent, is-- l. ln eoinbination with a rotary printingcylinder, and a set of l'orm-inkingl rollers mounted in movable.supports; a. distributing-surface, a set ol' distribut ing-rollerseoaeting therewith mounted in movable supports, and 'connections betweenthe supports ot' said sets ol rollers, whereby both sets ol' supportsmay be simultaneously moved to shil't the rollers thereon into or ont otoperative position. l

2. In combination with a rotary printingeylinder, a rotary ink-drum,slides beside the cylinder, and form-hiking and supply rollers mountedin said slides, and movable thereby simultaneously into and ont oloperative po- `sition olicontact with the drinn and cylinder,

substantially as described.

8. ln combination with an ink-distributing drum, a set ofdistrihitting-rollers, and a duetor-roller; with movablesupportscarrying all said rolls and adapted to lnove them to and fromthe drum, for the purpose and substantially as described.

4, ln combination with an ink-drum, movable supports beside. the drinn,a set ol" distributing-rollers mourned in said supports, a ductor-rollermounted insaid supports, means l'or moving said supports to move therollers to and from the drinn, and means t'or actuating thc duetor whenthe rollers are. in operative position.

5. [neombinatioiiwithanink-drum,swinging hangers beside the drum, a setof distribating-rollers, a vibratingdoctor-roller, and a supply-rollermounted on said liangers,ineans for moving said hangers to move therollers to and l'rom the drum, and means for actuat- .ing the vibratorwhen the rollers are in their operative position.

6. In combination, a setof form-inking rollers, slides uponwhich saidrollers are journaled a set ot ink-distributing rollers, swin inghangers supportingl said distributing-reers, and gearing between saidhangers and slides whereby both sets of rollers .may be simultaneouslymoved.

7. [n combination, a rotary distributingdrum, a set oldistributing-rollers coaeting therewith, a duetor-roller and movablesupports for all said rollers; with a set of forinrollers reeeivinginlil'roin said drum, slides upon which said"forni-rollers are journaled,and gearing between tlieunovablev supports and said slides whereby bothsets of rollersv are simultaneously moved into or out of o erativeposition, substantially as describedi h'. ln combination, a rotarydistributingdrum, a set ol distributiiig-rollers coacting therewith, aductor-roller, and a su plyroller: and swinging hangers carryingalljsaid rollers; with a set of forni-rollers receiving ink l'rom saiddrinn, slides carrying said fornirollers, and gearing between thehangers and said slides hereby both setsof rollers are simultaneouslymoved, substantially as deseribed.

tl. 'lhe eoinbination of an ink-fountain, an ink-supply roller, a rotaryink-distributing drum and a duetor for transferring ink from thesupply-roller to the drum; with Iswinging hangers beside the drum, anddistributin rollers mounted in said hangers, andinovab e thereby to andfrom said drum, for the purpose and substantially as described. It). lneombination, an ink-distributing drum, with a set ol'distribating-rollers, a supply-roll, a duetor-roller, and a single Setof swinging hangers carrying all said rollers, for the purpose andsubstantially as described.

l1. ln eombination, a'set of form-hiking rollers, slides supporting saidrollers; an inkdrum, a set ot' ink-distributing rollers, movablesupports tor said`distributing-rollers, a supply-roller mounted on saidsupports, a duetor-roller for conveying ink from the supply-roller tothe drum; and connections between said slides and supports whereb saidslides and said supports may be simu taneously moved to throw theforni-inkin rollers and distributing-rollers into or out o o erativeposltion, substantially as describe In testimony that I elaiin theforegoing as my own l a'llix my signature in presence of two witnesses.l

HENRY F. BECHMAN.

In presence ol V- i (luy il. WENN, t/nAiuJis A. GRMES.

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